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Three rescued after car swept into river in Swaledale Two rescued after car swept into river near Aysgarth
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Three people have been rescued by helicopter after their car was swept into a swollen river in North Yorkshire. Two people have been rescued by an RAF helicopter after a car was swept into a swollen river in North Yorkshire.
An RAF search and rescue helicopter from RAF Leconfield is understood to have carried out the rescue in Swaledale. An RAF search and rescue helicopter from RAF Leconfield was called by police to Thornton Rust, between Bainbridge and Aysgarth in Wensleydale.
The Yorkshire Ambulance Service has sent a specialist water hazard team to Richmond ambulance station. A wall is also understood to have collapsed because of flooding.
A wall is also understood to have collapsed because of the flooding. The helicopter took two people to the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, one described as a stretcher case and the other "walking wounded".
Initially three people were in the water, but one person managed to get out.
North Yorkshire Police has confirmed that a "silver command" post has been set up in the town of Richmond.North Yorkshire Police has confirmed that a "silver command" post has been set up in the town of Richmond.
Police said they had closed the A6108 due to an unstable bridge.Police said they had closed the A6108 due to an unstable bridge.